Default settings (-f bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4) only download 720p or lower anymore.

I think by default youtuble-dl grabs best quality anyhow, so maybe setting this is kinda passé anyhow?

A setting to change this globally (subs and on-demand) would be helpful. I’m open to grabbing VP9 or AV1 as well if the codecs are provided.

I’m a bit busy atm, but there are even more intricate ways to figure out the best quality. It isn’t always what youtuble-dl auto-picks, but personally I’m already pretty fine with whatever is the highest res.

Maybe an option to prefer open codecs could be nice for those who fancy the ultimate independence? 😃

Ok, maybe a bit of a tangent there. Let’s leave it at a bug report for now. 😃

Log with two attempts:

2020-05-08T06:46:40.211Z INFO: YoutubeDL-Material v4.0 started on PORT 17442
2020-05-08T07:21:49.042Z ERROR: Unexpected end of JSON input
(node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ReferenceError: req is not defined
at Readable.<anonymous> (/app/app.js:1425:38)
at Readable.emit (events.js:228:7)
at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1185:12)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:81:21)
(node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1)
(node:1) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
(node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ReferenceError: req is not defined
at Readable.<anonymous> (/app/app.js:1425:38)
at Readable.emit (events.js:228:7)
at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1185:12)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:81:21)
(node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 2)
(node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ReferenceError: req is not defined
at Readable.<anonymous> (/app/app.js:1425:38)
at Readable.emit (events.js:228:7)
at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1185:12)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:81:21)
(node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 2)

[Tzahi12345]

@powerdude No problem, at some point GitHub discussions will come out and that will be a much better place to ask questions, but I digress…

but how do i change the resolution from best to 720p for subscription?

In the latest nightly (use Docker tag nightly) you can set custom args when you subscribe. Set this as your custom args -f,,(mp4)[height<=720] and it will limit the resolution to max 720p. Sometimes 720p isn’t available and it will grab the resolution just below it.

Also, on a tangent, is it possible to specify a different filename?

Yup!

In the latest nightly, you can also set a custom output. To follow the format you wrote above, I would set %(uploader)s/%(uploader)s - S01E%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s as the custom output. Your videos for that playlist would be organized into separate folders for each uploader in the subscriptions/playlists/{playlist_title} directory, and the filenames would follow the format you described above.

Let me know if you need any more help!

[powerdude]

Sorry to interrupt this thread, but how do i change the resolution from best to 720p for subscription? Also, on a tangent, is it possible to specify a different filename? I’d like to rename the file to make it more friendly for Plex to something like this from another tool i was using:

--output '/workdir/%(uploader)s/%(uploader)s - S01E%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s'